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Back In The Day..... Growing Up & In High-School ---- Wheels Were A BIG DEAL.. ! ! ! 1948 Remember Gas At $.16 Per Gallon at The OLE M&H Gas Station.. ! ! ! ... M&H Still Sets There At The Same CORNER Today.... 60 yrs Later..
Choke My Older Brother By 1 1/2 Yrs. Found This For His Treasure... B--4 I Was OLD Enuf To Drive... This Was Mainly OUR Duck HUNTING Wheels.. In Those Days The Prairies Out WEST of OGEMA Were FENCELESS & Roads Were Few & FAR Between With Lotza Of Good Duck Hunting Slews.... This OLE 1930 Ford Model A Would Go Anywheres... WE NEVER Once Got Stuck.... I Can Remember Many Times Thooo I Would Have To Set ON The Rite Front Fender Pouring GAS In The Carburator As SOMETHING Was WRONG... But WE Always Got HOME With-Out A Tow... ! ! !
1950 Now It Was MY Turn To GROW-UP...! ! ! My Older Brother Lawrence Came Driving HOME In One Of These 1934 Chevy--ss..... And HE Gave It To ME... Wow Was I Ever A HAPPY Lad... 
Although A PLAIN JANE BLACK.... It Was BeautifuL.... ! ! ! 
Good Thing I Had A Paper-Route To $$$ For GAS... ! ! ! Crusing Round Town In This Till I Joined The Army In 52 ..... It Was Now That I Left HOME & Went To See What Happens Out-side The City Limits Of Detroit Lakes... !! Returning 3 Yrs Later... Sept. 1955 ......
After MY Military Duty Was Satisified Returning HOME I Purchaced MY 1st NEW CAR ... A 1955 Nash Rambler .. $1800.00 ... Same As Above Except --RED & WHITE-- Wow Was I Ever In 2nd Heaven ....
After Six Months HOME It Was Time To HEAD For The Pacific Northwest (Seattle Area) Where I Stayed With MY Sister MYRT. Till I Got My Feet On The Ground...
I Cannot Go INTO DETAIL Pertaining To All The GREAT Folks I Made Friends With while living in the GREATER SEATTLE area and STILL Today (40 yrs later) I Get A CALL or TWO Every Week From A **SPECIAL----FRIEND** !!!! ...
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Before Pulling Up stakes in SEATTLE and heading back to -- MY Ole Home-Town of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota -- I Decide to make a DETOUR.. Some of YOU may enjoy the following page -- Road to Saigon -- ....
